Weird Problem

[footylegends]

hey guys

got a bizarre prob. I have 2 internal dvd burners in my pc. all of a sudden they have stopped appearing when i go into 'my computer'.

The problem is although i can't see them anymore, i can still access them fine through the run command. and i am burning a dvd now with no issues whatsoever. so it seems they are working but not appearing in windows.

what's going on? how can i fix it? is there a way to create a shortcut in 'my computer'??

cheers

 

[playedspades]

do this:

start --> controle pannel --> system (under classic view) (or alternately to those three commands, right click on the my computer icon on your desktop and then choose properties) --> click the hardware tab on top--> click device manager button--> find the "DVD/CD-ROM Drives" heading (do not expand)--> right click and choose "scan for hardware updates."

repost if that doesn't work.

if it does work, expand the dvd / cd rom heading, right click each dvd drive and choose "update drivers." make sure you have an active internet connection when you do that.

 

[footylegends]

hey playedspades, thanks for posting

tried what you said, still no luck

i can see the dvd drives in device manager though i cant access them in my computer still

 

[Balic Yoakishi]

what os r u using

 

[NEED WOW NOW]

i can see the dvd drives in device manager though i cant access them in my computer still

Like playedspades said, update the drivers.

Also, I assume he's using a Windows Operating system.

 

[jonathansantos]

Hey footy, I've seen this problem many times, and 9 out of 10 times this little registry fix solves the problem.

Step 1: Start Registry Editor
Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Registry Editor starts.
Step 2: Delete the UpperFilters registry entry
1. In Registry Editor, expand My Computer, and then expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
2. Expand SYSTEM, and then expand CurrentControlSet.
3. Expand Control, and then expand Class.
4. Under Class, click {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}.
5. In the right pane (topic area), delete both UpperFilters and LowerFilters.

Note: One or the other may not exist, but which ever does, delete!

 

[footylegends]

Thanks guys ...

Still having the issues ...

jonathansantos - your step 5 says 5. In the right pane (topic area), delete both UpperFilters and LowerFilters.

Unfortunately I don't have either of those filters there. It has default, class, enumproppages32, icon, installer32, noinstallclass, silentinstall and troubleshooter-0

But in saying that, a few colums over in 'data', it has dvd-cdrom drives and cdrom in the rows of default and class respectively

Oh yeah, does itunes have any effect on this ... i downloaded the latest one recently and i think since then its not been good??

Cheers

Oh yeah, using Microsoft XP Pro edition

 

[religion2386]

What kind of computer?

Update your drivers